The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volumen 5Published for the proprietors, 1836 |
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... sent ine from Russia . gins ; all that tract of country lying beyond mount Taurus was distinguished by the general appella- tion of Scythia , and afterwards by that of Tartary . It might not be improper , perhaps , to give the name of ...
... sent ine from Russia . gins ; all that tract of country lying beyond mount Taurus was distinguished by the general appella- tion of Scythia , and afterwards by that of Tartary . It might not be improper , perhaps , to give the name of ...
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... sent in possession . The Calmucs and Monguls are the very Scythians who , under Madies , made themselves masters of Upper Asia , and conquered Cyaxares , king of the Medes . They are the men whom Gengis Khan and his sons led afterwards ...
... sent in possession . The Calmucs and Monguls are the very Scythians who , under Madies , made themselves masters of Upper Asia , and conquered Cyaxares , king of the Medes . They are the men whom Gengis Khan and his sons led afterwards ...
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... sent no ambassador to Moscow , and that there never was a marquis of Exideuil in France . In the same manner do travel- lers speak about the country of Borandia , and of the trade they have carried on with the people of Nova Zembla ...
... sent no ambassador to Moscow , and that there never was a marquis of Exideuil in France . In the same manner do travel- lers speak about the country of Borandia , and of the trade they have carried on with the people of Nova Zembla ...
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... sent a person to baptize Wolodomer , in order to add this part of the world to the patriarchal see . Wolodimer , or Wolodomar , therefore completed the work which his grandmother had begun . A Greek was made the first metropolitan , or ...
... sent a person to baptize Wolodomer , in order to add this part of the world to the patriarchal see . Wolodimer , or Wolodomar , therefore completed the work which his grandmother had begun . A Greek was made the first metropolitan , or ...
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... sent some of the natives to gain instruction among foreigners , but the difference of languages , manners , and religion , opposed it . Besides , there was a law of state and religion , equally sacred and pernicious , which prohibited ...
... sent some of the natives to gain instruction among foreigners , but the difference of languages , manners , and religion , opposed it . Besides , there was a law of state and religion , equally sacred and pernicious , which prohibited ...
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Página 411 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Página 411 - Who gave the ball or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes: At every word a reputation dies.
Página 405 - What the unsearchable dispose Of Highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft He seems to hide His face, But unexpectedly returns...
Página 412 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Página 410 - Now awful Beauty puts on all its arms; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face: Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 412 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
Página 410 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Página 390 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Página 411 - Lock ; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. " To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Página 390 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree?